This Life

This Life

2015 2 Seasons 20 Episodes ⭐ 5.5 Drama

Set in contemporary Montreal, “This Life” is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, an accomplished columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to prepare her teenage children for life without her. Her tight-knit family – sister, two brothers and parents – do the best they can to help her, while coping with their own responses to this revelation.

Set in contemporary Montreal, “This Life” is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, an accomplished columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to prepare her teenage children for life without her. Her tight-knit family – sister, two brothers and parents – do the best they can to help her, while coping with their own responses to this revelation.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Gut Punch

Natalie Lawson, a single mother of three, finds her plans to change her life for the better derailed when she learns her

EP 2

Everything Must Go

Natalie confides in her sister Maggie about her diagnosis while attempting to keep it hidden from her teenage children.

EP 3

The Part That Decides My Fate

Natalie undergoes a biopsy that could determine how much time she has left, while her brother Oliver returns home after

EP 4

Love Your Tumour

Natalie gets closer to Andrew as she awaits her biopsy results. Oliver bonds with Romy while Janine learns something ver

EP 5

The Unbelieving

Natalie can’t bring herself to tell her kids about her cancer. Maggie and Oliver make self-destructive life choices ins

EP 6

Holy Water

Natalie finally levels with her kids. Matthew is driven to face an old mistake. Oliver hits a breaking point with his pa

EP 7

Seeing Red

Natalie organizes a birthday dinner for Emma that nobody wants. The problems Oliver ran from in LA catch up to him in Mo

EP 8

My Body Lies Over the Ocean

Natalie struggles to convince Caleb to accept responsibility for his criminal actions. Maggie and Oliver travel to LA to

EP 9

Dark Retreat

Natalie and Andrew put their relationship to the test. Emma throws an accidental house party. Caleb and Danielle turn to

EP 10

Should Have Known Better

Before making a life-altering decision that comes with major risks, Natalie is confronted with the return of someone she

EP 1

Stay Positive

Natalie chooses hope as she embarks on her experimental drug trial, not knowing if she’s receiving the placebo or the

EP 2

Perfect Day

Maggie invites the Lawsons to a very unconventional housewarming party. Natalie and her friend Tia pursue an experientia

EP 3

Coping Cards

Natalie battles through a storm of side effects while her family fumbles in their attempts to support her. Oliver second

EP 4

Communion

Matthew and Nicole host a celebration for Abby’s first communion but family tensions get in the way. Natalie takes Dav

EP 5

Scanxiety

Natalie seeks distraction as she awaits scan results that will determine her future. Maggie and Raza have an awkward lun

EP 6

Intervention

Natalie struggles to adjust to a new health prognosis. Maggie, Natalie and Matthew try to help Oliver but find themselve

EP 7

Joyride

David finds himself caught between his two families when Natalie invites him over for dinner. Maggie and Raza attempt to

EP 8

Destruction as Creation

Oliver struggles with the realities of being hypomanic and the collateral damage caused to his studio.

EP 9

Well Fought, My Love

EP 10

Choose Life

Popular Cast

Torri Higginson
Torri Higginson
Natalie Lawson
Lauren Lee Smith
Lauren Lee Smith
Maggie Lawson
Rick Roberts
Rick Roberts
Matthew Lawson
Kristopher Turner
Kristopher Turner
Oliver Lawson
Stephanie Janusauskas
Stephanie Janusauskas
Emma Lawson-Crowley
Julia Scarlett Dan
Julia Scarlett Dan
Romy Lawson-Crowley
Rachael Crawford
Rachael Crawford
Danielle Berg
Janet-Laine Green
Janet-Laine Green
Janine Lawson
Peter MacNeill
Peter MacNeill
Gerald Lawson
Shawn Doyle
Shawn Doyle
Andrew Wallace